The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has launched an inquiry into Defra’s suspected failure to take the necessary measures to achieve or maintain Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine waters by the statutory deadline. This follows the publication in December…
Steve Reed, the new secretary of state for Defra, had a first meeting at the start of August with over 200 industry, trade association and NGO representatives from across the farming, fishing, food and environmental sectors, where he set out…
The environmental NGO Blue Marine Foundation has started formal legal proceedings against Defra to force a judicial review of the 2020 Fisheries Act – in particular its emphasis on sustainability and socio-economic objectives. The launch of legal proceedings on 20…
Defra secretary of state Steve Barclay has acknowledged that there are ‘questions from the fishing industry’ in respect of what an SNP MP described as the ‘draconian’ increase in the minimum salary level for migrant fishermen, announced at the start…
With the UK Seafood Innovation Fund’s latest research and development projects underway, Fishing News is delving into some of the innovations that the fund has supported. This week: how two different supply chain innovations could help feed the UK’s appetite…
The NGO Blue Marine Foundation has announced it is intending to take legal action against Defra. Its action, it says, aims to force Defra to restrict the issue of UK quotas to limits within ICES advice. In setting catch limits…
Shoreham dock, where Defra minister Mark Spencer made his announcements about the latest round of infrastructure funds under the UK Seafood Fund, also received funds in the initial round – a £535,000 grant towards the costs of rejuvenating the dry…
Urgent need for action, not more consultation, say inshore leaders on both sides of Channel Industry reaction to the long-awaited outcome of the consultation on fly-shooting in the English Channel echoed the frustrations of many fishermen, who have been campaigning…
New consultations, responses to previous consultations – though few decisions – and UK Seafood Fund grant announcements on same day from Defra In a wide-ranging announcement last week, Defra launched a series of consultations on proposed reforms of fisheries management…
Squid derogation to go ‘as soon as practicable’ – all other proposals deferred to NQS FMP The long-awaited Defra response to the consultation on managing fly-shooting within the southern North Sea and English Channel was included within its raft of…
